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Brave Search API now accepts agentic payments via the x402 protocol

21 points sjdh76 2 hours ago 5 comments

araarabish 2 hours ago | parent

Are we going to see all search engines adopting this model? Will this be the future of search engine revenue? May end up more pro-consumer than ads and tracking.

wmf 22 minutes ago | parent

Humans hate micropayments but maybe it will be hidden somehow.

lern_too_spel 8 minutes ago | parent

Not with permissionless blockchain payments. These Brave guys have learned nothing from North Korea.

reassess_blind 29 minutes ago | parent

I really doubt this will catch on

com2kid 13 minutes ago | parent

This may be the least stupid use of the block chain I've ever heard of.

Mind you Visa could have implemented this when everyone first asked back in 1999, but hey here we are. Rather than micro payments instead we let ads do their best to ruin western civilization.